Spacing and marking device.



No. 827,487. PATENTED JULY 31, 1906. E. WEST. SPAGING AND MARKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2, 1904. RENEWED JULY 25, 1906.

ZNVENZOR. WJZ'NESSZS W M mm H UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SPACING AND MARKJENaG: DEViGEm Application filed January 2, I904. Renewed July 25,

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE WEST, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the- State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements. in Spacing and Marking Devices, of which the following taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a iul 1',clear,. and exact description.

This invention relates to a combined spacing and marking device for making impressions or marks at regular predetermined intervals upon a. continuous moving band of fabric or other" material as it is fed through the device.

It is used more specifically as. an attachment for sewing-machines applying Waistbands to knit garments, such as pantalettes, which are usually slit at the sides to form front and rear flaps, said. flaps being generally formed with central vertical seams. pantalettes are made many differentv sizes or girth measurements, and heretofore the practice has been to space and mark off separate strips for forming the bands of certain sizes, after which the marked strips were rolled and placed upon a. suitable reel, from which it was fed through the sewing-machine. and stitched to the flaps oi'a succession of the garments, care being taken to. register the edges and center of the the marks upon the band to give a de te size or girth to each garment,

It fret uently happens: that the stock or supply oi garments of a certain size runs out. before the strip which is: marked for that size is exhausted from the. reel, and therefore it becomes. necessary strip and to replace it by another roll which marked for a diiiierent size of garment which may be in stock. This practice of markingthe bands previous to being stitched to. the garment is fiound to cause a consid erablle waste oii time and material; and the object oi my present invention is to obviate.

this Waste by marking the band as it is 5 stitched to the garment to permit the operator to. readily change from one size to. another without removing the roll or strip from which the bands. are formed from the met or from the machine.

Other objects will appear the-subsequent. descri tioni.

Tin t e drawings, Figure 1 is. afront elevation of my improved spacing and. marking. device shown as attached to the head of av sewing-machine. Fig. 2 is an end view of Specification of LettersiBatent.

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the parts seen Fig. I. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the spaoing rol'l'i or drum, showing its supporting-spindle and also the means for holding the roll from lon-- gitudinal' movement. 4 Figs. 45 and 5 are sectional views taken, respectively, on line- 4; 4, Fig. 2', and, line 5' 5,, Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in ah the views.

In carrying, out the objects of my invention I providea U- haped bar ortrame I with a depending split sh nk 2', which is adapted to be inserted in a socket in a suitable sup-- portas,.for instance the head 3 of a sewingmachine-the shank 2 being, provided a screw 4;, by which the split shank is expanded in the socket" for holdi'ng'the frame 11 in a fixed position. The bar is disposed substanand its opposite ends are provided With upturned arms 5;, which is secured the opposite ends ot' the shaft or spindle 6' by set-screws, as 7. Theaintermezdiate portions of this spindle are provided with a series of annular grooves 8", which are spaced equidistant from each other, and upon t s spindle is rotatingly mounted a conicaldrum 9', which is also movable axialliy on the:

, spindle; and is provided with a series ot'circu- 'l'ar beds or faces 10 of different diameters, gradually increasing in size from one end to the other and corresponding. to the diiterent sizes or girth measurements of the garment,

or rather tothe different spaces E on the strips ,which are to the garments. urement ofeach of these faces 10 is in; this iii-- to remove the former stance equal toone-half the Width ot'a flap-of' to be marked form the bands for lhe circumterential meas Ea certain dimension, and the strip, as 11,,

which forms the band's, is reeled overand upon center of the flap of the garment.

It is now apparent that when the strip or" band is fed in the direction indicated by K, :Fig. 2ias, for instance, when being fed by the sewing: machine (not shownJ-d-ts contact with the per'phery of the drum 9? causes said 1 drum to rotate in the direction indicated by arrow y, Fig. 2, and in order that" this rotati'on of the drum 9 may be positive I provide Qeach of the taces 1-0 with a circular row of small spurs 1 2, which are engaged by the fabric, and therefore transmit a positive ro- .tary movement to the drum as. the. strip:

tration with the marker and is-held'in its adjusted position by a detent 14, which is movable into and out of the grooves 8, being held in the groove by a spring 15, while its outer end is extended beyond the end of the drum to be engaged by the operator for forcing the detent out of one groove, whereupon the drum may be movedaxially to bring the de- 'the drum, except at the point of tent into registration with any one of the other grooves, Which operation also brings one of the faces 10 into registration with the marker; I 1

Secured to the frame 1 is an upwardly-extending arm 16, and to this arm is pivoted at 17 a rocking support 18, which extends r'earwardly over the drum 9 and carries an impression-making device or marker, such as a pencil 19. efrture in a la'terally-proj ecting stud 20 and is adjustable radi'ally' toward and from the periphery of'the drum and-held in its adjust-' able position'by clamping-screw '2 1 The strip of fabric'for thebands is fed between the'periphery of the drum and this marker, the latter being adjustable, so that its marking-point is out of'con'tact with the strip while being reeled overtheperiphery of of the teeth 13,jat whichpoint t forced into contact with the point of the marker, and thus' produces an impression or short mark on the strip at each revolution of the drum. It is, a parent that the distance between thes'emar is maybe varied by simply shifting the drum axially,'so as to bring one or other of the faces 10'into alinement' with the marker, and in order that the marks 3 on the strip may be properly spaced to equal the circumference of the circu ar bed or face 1Q, upon which it rests, I provide the rockarm 18 with a presser-roller 22, which is j ournaled on a spindle 23 at the rear of, but in the marker 19, and this in which is inserted a felt or other similar annulus 25 to register with the spurs in the faces 10, and thereby prevent dulling of the ,spurs and at the same'time facilitating synexcept when the'teeth 13 are registered with chronous movement of the strip and surface of the drum with which it contacts. presser-roller 22 alsoserves to hold the point of the marker out of contact with the strip,

said marker and thelever 13, overhan ing the drum 9, together with the parts w ich' This pencil is secured in an'aprojection" e strip 1s are mounted on said overhanging portions of while being fed through the sewing-machine mentthe drum is caused to rotate, where- I by a mark or impression is made by the marker 19 at each revolution of the drum or said marker.

assumed that it is desired to space and mark a strip or band to be applied to garments of a inch-waist girth, which of course means that the width of each flap is seventeen inches and that fflap and the center seam is eight and one-half vferential measurement of j 10 of the drum 9. Then the drum 9 is set to the reading 34 upon the spindle 6, which reading indicates the waist measurement and also indicates that the circular bed 10 of greatest diameter is registered with the -marker 19, after which the detent 14 is released, and the spring 15 forces it into the ,proper groove 8 to hold the drum from endwise movement, it being understood that the 'detent revolves with the drum and that the teeth 18 are registered with the point of the marker at the start to avoid waste. front end of the strip 11 is then inserted between the-band of themarker and the drum 'upon the bed 10, which is alined with the marker, and is then reeled over the surface of the drum, thereby rotating the same until the 1 front end of the strip is caught by the needles of the machine, (not shown,) care being 'taken to aline the first marker with the adfvance edge of the flap of the garment, and as the machine is operated the succeeding marks on the strip are carefully rezistered the largest surface as the machine continues to stitch e strip This to the flap. The adjacent edge of ti 1 other flap of the same garment is then bro, ght t0 the corresponding edge of the former flap, and the stitching of the strip therio continues in the same manner as that described for the former flap that is, the edges and center of the latter flap are carefully registered with the marks on the strip. In like manner the strip is stitched successively to the flaps of any number of garments until the strip is exhausted, or if the strip is not ex provide suitable guides 27 at the It is now ap tion indicated by arrow :ras, for instance;

; as the tooth 13 is successively registered with.

In the operation'of my invention it may be 1 certaln sizeas, for instance, a thirtyfour-' the distance between the edges of each the lever, are usually sufficient to press the in the act of stitching said strip to the gar-l 5 inches, which is in this instance the circumwith. the center and opposite edge of he flap r the operator changes work from one size garment to another and also changes the spacing and marking of the strip to correspond to such size, which is obviously a great saving of labor and material. It is also apparent that the rolls of strips which form the bands are placed upon the reels in the blank without being marked and are only marked as they are applied to the garment, which obviates the necessity of first marking the strip and then rolling the same. It now appears that the strip is stitched continuously to the fiaps of a series of garments, and when it is desired to finish the garment the strip is severed where it joins the flaps of the same garment and also where it joins the flaps of different garments, after which the edges of the flaps are finished in the usual manner to prevent unraveling or raw edges of the fabric.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A spacing and marking device comprising a marker, and a series of rotary beds of different diameters adjustable axially with reference to the marker, each of said beds having a projecting tooth for the purpose described.

2. A spacing and marking device comprising a plurality of rotary beds of different diameters, for supporting the article to be marked, said article and beds moving together, a marker and means to cause the marker to make an impression upon the article at each revolution of the beds.

3. A spacing and marking device comprising a marker and a drum having a series of circular faces of different diameters, one of the parts being adjustable axially to bring the marker into registration with one or the other of sajd faces.

4. In ajg'nacing and markin device, the combinatig, ,1 of a rotary drum adjustable axially and haying different measuring-surfaces, a marker -and means to bring the marker into action at regular intervals during the rotation of the drum.

5. In a, spac1ng and marking device, the

combination of a shaft or spindle, a rotary drum mounted on the spindle and adjustable axially thereon, means for holding the drum in its adjusted position, said drum having a plurality of circular faces of different diameters, each face being provided with a projection, and a marker brought into action by said projection to mark the article at regular intervals.

6. In a spacing and marking device, the combination of a marker and a plurality of circular rotary beds of different diameters movable in one direction by the articles to be marked, said beds having an axial movement to bring each into registration with the marker, and means to actuate the marker to make an impression on said article.

7. In a spacing and marking device, the combination of a marker and revoluble bearing-faces of different diameters to support the article to be marked, one of the parts being movable to bring the marker into coaction with the different faces separately, and means to cause the marker to make an im pression on the article at each revolution of the face with which the article is engaged.

8. In a spacing and marking device, the combination of a marker, and a rotary drum having spurs engaged by the article to be marked, said drum being movable axially and provided with means coacting with the marker to make an impression on the article.

9. In a spacing and marking device, the combination of a marker, a rotary conical drum movable axially and provided with projections at different lengthwise points on its periphery coacting with the marker to make an impression on the article to be marked.

10. In a spacing and marking device, a marker, a series of movable supporting-beds of different lengths for ,the article to be marked movable into and out of registration with the marker and means moving with. each movable bed when it is brought into registration with the marker for actuating said marker.

11. In a spacing and marking device, a marker, a plurality of rotary beds of different lengths each movable into and out of registration with the marker and actuated by the article to be marked and means on each bed for actuating the marker.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of December, 1903.

. EUGENE WEST.

Witnesses:

H. E. CrrAsE, I'IOWARD P. DENISON 

